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Alexander the Great

By Mercyrez77
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander becomes king

    Alexander becomes king
    Alexander becomes king because his father, King Philip II had been killed by his bodyguard after he had conquering Greece for 2 years
  • Period: 336 BCE to 320 BCE

    Alexander's legacy

    After Alexander's death, people have been conquered by him made his new ideas into Greek culture, the ideas they have gave to the Greek culture had made the Hellenistic era.
  • 334 BCE

    First battle of Persia

    First battle of Persia
    4 years later, Alexander wanted to fulfill his fathers dreams of taking control of Persia, so he and his army sailed to Persia to take down King Darius III, King Darius thought it was simple so he just sent other officials to take his army down
  • 333 BCE

    Second battle of Persia

    Second battle of Persia
    Alexander had fought King Darius and his army when they were weak. Even though they had the more solders, Alexander had a plan that had made the king flee and has taken there family as hostage.
  • 331 BCE

    Peace treaty/ Final Battle of Persia

    Peace treaty/ Final Battle of Persia
    King Darius had made a peace treaty to Alexander to return his family and he will give Alexander part of Persia, Alexander decide to not accept the treaty and has went to battle with Persia one last time, He has finally killed the king of Persia and now rules over Persia
  • 331 BCE

    Conquering Egypt

    Conquering Egypt
    Alexander has founded and conquered the country of Egypt, during the time he has founded the city of Alexandria, while he did not impose his ideas of culture and religion to the people of Egypt.
  • 325 BCE

    Alexander's empire

    Alexander's empire
    11 years after conquering Egypt, Alexander has conquered over 11,000 miles of land from Greece to India. He has treated the conquered people like there one of his people by allowing them to have their customs, while he has married one of the persian woman named Roxanne and has convince his army to marry persian women.
  • 320 BCE

    Alexander's death

    Alexander's death
    While on his way back to Greece, Alexander got ill and has died in Iraq, even though he died from sickness many people believed that he had gotten poisoned. After he has died three of his generals have taken over 1/3 of Alexander's kingdom.